This Su-27 is an ex-Test Pilots machine fitted with a Salyut Al-31F
with a thrust vectoring nozzle in the port side. The starboard engine
is 'standard'.
This is a rival design to the NPO Saturn Al-31FP engines fitted to
India's Su-30MKI.

The Al-31F was hooked up to a power unit - and cycled through its
routine... At MAKS 2003 - this engine was fitted to bort number 595 -
painted
in LII's blue and grey colour scheme. I don't know if this is the same
machine re-painted in 'Test Pilots' colours, or whether the engine has
been
removed from 595 and put into this machine ?

A closer view of the thrust-vectoring nozzle......

....and a wider shot of the Su-27 showing the Salyut & UMPO logos.

Tuploev AS-2 'Airboat' - designed to operated on water, ice & snow !

Tu-154 testbed in Gromov/LII house colours.

MiG-AT being towed out to the flightline.

Antonov are offering upgrades to the ubiquitous An-24RV.

The warbirds movement is alive and well in Russia - this
Polikarpov Po-2 is presented by Rusavia....

....as was this MiG-3 - which is due to fly next year - possible
powered by an AM-35 engine.

Proof that the Myasischev M-55 'Geofisika' is still alive and well......

..... it is still finding work on atmospheric research.

Yak-54 aerobatic machine.

The first series-configured Yak-130 sporting its new, more rounded,
nose and other refinements.

Ka-27 Helix.

Ka-60 - the development of which appears to be going nowhere...

..as does the Ka-50.

More successful is the Ka-226 - this is a Rolls-Royce Allison 250-C20R
powered machine operated by the gas giant Gazpromavia.

'Standard' MiG-29 9-13 Fulcrum-C looking almost boring amongst all the
new development prototypes.

MiG-29SMT in a new colour scheme - another development that appears to
be 'on hold' ?

MiG-21.

The MiG-31 company demonstrator.

The Beriev Be-103 amphibian. This machine recently made a
record-breaking flight from Komsomolsk-na-Amour to St Petersbourg.

Meanwhile, down on the Sukhoi stand, this naval Su-33 totes two
S-25-OFM 340mm rockets on the starboard wing and
two S-8 80mm rockets on the port wing - as well having Sorbtsya ESM
pods on the wingtip pylons.

Closeup of the S-25-OFM heavy-calibre rockets on a twin mounting.

The 20-barrel B-8M1 pods containing the 80mm S-8 rockets - also on a
twin mount.

Bort 501 was the prototype Su-30MKK for China - now serving as a Sukhoi
demonstrator with the titles 'Su-30MK'
The steps and canopy are great for visiting dignitaries - but make it
useless for photographers!

The Sukhoi Su-39 has been around for a few years now.

Bort 48 is the latest Su-34 - or Su-32 as it says on the board
!!!

This Su-25SM is an upgrade ..............

.....as is this Su-24M.....

..... and this Su-27SM from Lipetsk!

All the salient recognition features of an upgraded Su-27SM are visible
in this shot - offset Infra-Red Search-&-Track ball in front of the
windscreen,
tiny ESM aerials on the leading edge slats - and none on the intake
sides - plus the darker metallic patches on the undersides of the
tailplanes.
It is also fitted with a UOMZ 'Sapsan-E' (Peregrine Falcon) targeting
& laser designation pod under the port intake and an optronics pod
under
the straboard intake.

Tu-160 - named after Ivan Yarigin.

Anonymous looking MiG-31

Il-76TD-90VD fitted with PS-90 engines.

Two years ago this was just a mockup - now it is a flying prototype.
The Kazan Ansat-2RTs - or ARH as it says on the side.

Another shot of the Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter - based on the
successful Ansat.

MiG-29SMT - that lightning flash on the fin actually reads MiG in
Cyrillic!

'Plain Jane' MiG-29 Fulcrum-C.

Thrust-vectoring MiG-29 OVT - or VTC as it says on the starboard fin.

A closer look at the 360deg vectoring nozzles on the RD-33 engines of
the MiG-29 OVT

MiG-29K - naval version being sold to India.

MiG-29M2.

Ka-226T with a flatbed platform in place of the pod.

Ka-226 of Gazpromavia.

Ka-27.

This Su-24 belongs to LII (Gromov Flight Reserach Centre).

A neat little microlight.

Making my way back to the coach - with the sun going down and the
crowds thinning - it was a good time to photograph the exhibits from
the other side.
This is the Mi-38 basking in the evening sun........

............. and the Mi-54 mockup.

The mighty Halo ..............

.... and its 'bambi' bucket ....

Proof positive that the US-Russian Tu-144 testbed has not been sold on
ebay !!!

Back to our waiting transport - No, not the Il-96, the silver coach -
the last in the parking lot!